Hello All!  Welcome to my blog.  Wow.  'Wow' seems to be my big word for the night.  Doesn't sound like much of a writer yet, does it?  If this blog turns out like my emails, I will have plenty to say.  My emails are novellas.  Must be grammatically correct, the right color for the mood, and a complete thought.  Silly me.

I am becoming what I've been working to become since I was ten years old.  My Grandmother Irma told me she had published stories in Boys' Life Magazine.  The fever began.  I wanted to be a published writer.  I actually called her Grandma, but she tried so hard to get us to call her Grandmother.  Went over my head as a kid, but I'll call you Grandmother here.  Are you smiling?

I just bought my first business cards to hand out at my first Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators Convention.   I cannot wait.  It will be Most Amazing. 

I have had 15-20 books in my head for the last 25 years.  In my head they remain thus far.  What has come out of the pen are picture books.  Picture books I'd never thought of before are pouring through my eyes.  I am having a blast.  

Completed this spring:  Sushi The Wonder Pug - a chapter book
Completed this summer:  Alice In The Palace and The Cloud Kids - picture books
Half completed:  Yankee Doodle ABC - a Patriotic picture book

HUZZAH!